Fic-tac-toe # 3
And with this one, I've achieved fic-tac-toe! :D I plan on filling up the rest of the squares, so look for 6 more of these. Mwah ha ha ha!
Jack O' Lantern
“Isn’t this a great idea?” Gwen asked as they drove to Merlin and Morgana’s house.
“I don’t know,” Arthur replied, “I hate the slimy pumpkin guts.”
“But you love munching on the seeds, and you get those by emptying the pumpkin.”
“I know, I know.”
“Besides, you love the look of the Jack O’ Lanterns at night. I’ll do all the carving, if you like. You got to pick out the designs.”
“Yeah, I can handle a knife.”
“It’s all right if you don’t want to.” Gwen patted his leg. “I know you didn’t have many opportunities growing up.”
“Try no opportunities. Dad had them all done for us professionally.”
Just then, they pulled up to their house. Merlin threw the front door open before Arthur had opened Gwen’s car door. “Yay, you made it! We’ve got everything you might need inside, plus hot apple cider mulling. Come on in.”
“Geeze, Merlin, overenthusiastic much?” Arthur snarked, but helped Gwen pick up the pumpkins from the back seat and carry them inside.
Morgana sat at the dining table in front of an impressive array of knives. “Hello, dear brother. And Gwen-always good to see you.” She rushed over to hug Gwen.
“Don’t I get a hug too?”
“I’ll hug you, Arthur,” Merlin said, coming up behind him.
“That’s okay. Let’s get the fun started, shall we?”
With that, all four sat down at the covered table. Gwen and Merlin pulled pumpkins in front of them, checked their designs then started cutting into the pumpkins. Soon they had them open and were scraping out the seeds and stringy bits. Arthur made a face at Morgana, who winked back at him. He frowned, but turned back to Gwen, who was just scooping the last bits out.
“You’re fast,” he said.
“I know.” She giggled.
She turned back to her pumpkin. With the “guts” now out, she could get started on the carving. She picked up a knife and began working. Across the table, Merlin was still scooping. Morgana smirked at Arthur, so Arthur stuck his tongue out at her.
“Would you cut that out?” Merlin said.
“You could see that?” Arthur replied.
“I have eyes, don’t I?”
Arthur sighed and went back to watching Gwen. She was making progress on the eyes. It looked like this would be the scary one when she finished. He’d picked a cute design and a scary one.
Before too long, Arthur got up and poured himself a mug of cider then got one for Morgana too. He placed it beside her and she murmured “thanks.” He took a minute and glanced at Merlin’s emerging jack o’ lantern. It looked like he’d picked a cute design for this one. By the time Arthur made it back to Gwen, she was carving the mouth.
“That’s quite frightening,” he commented.
“I know.” She gave him a wicked grin. “You picked a good one.”
When she finished, she wiped the jack o’ lantern down with a clean cloth and turned it to face Arthur. “Ooh,” he said.
“Thank you.” She turned it to face Merlin and Morgana.
“Yikes,” Merlin said.
“Gwen, you’re a true artist,” Morgana said.
Jack O' Lantern
“Isn’t this a great idea?” Gwen asked as they drove to Merlin and Morgana’s house.
“I don’t know,” Arthur replied, “I hate the slimy pumpkin guts.”
“But you love munching on the seeds, and you get those by emptying the pumpkin.”
“I know, I know.”
“Besides, you love the look of the Jack O’ Lanterns at night. I’ll do all the carving, if you like. You got to pick out the designs.”
“Yeah, I can handle a knife.”
“It’s all right if you don’t want to.” Gwen patted his leg. “I know you didn’t have many opportunities growing up.”
“Try no opportunities. Dad had them all done for us professionally.”
Just then, they pulled up to their house. Merlin threw the front door open before Arthur had opened Gwen’s car door. “Yay, you made it! We’ve got everything you might need inside, plus hot apple cider mulling. Come on in.”
“Geeze, Merlin, overenthusiastic much?” Arthur snarked, but helped Gwen pick up the pumpkins from the back seat and carry them inside.
Morgana sat at the dining table in front of an impressive array of knives. “Hello, dear brother. And Gwen-always good to see you.” She rushed over to hug Gwen.
“Don’t I get a hug too?”
“I’ll hug you, Arthur,” Merlin said, coming up behind him.
“That’s okay. Let’s get the fun started, shall we?”
With that, all four sat down at the covered table. Gwen and Merlin pulled pumpkins in front of them, checked their designs then started cutting into the pumpkins. Soon they had them open and were scraping out the seeds and stringy bits. Arthur made a face at Morgana, who winked back at him. He frowned, but turned back to Gwen, who was just scooping the last bits out.
“You’re fast,” he said.
“I know.” She giggled.
She turned back to her pumpkin. With the “guts” now out, she could get started on the carving. She picked up a knife and began working. Across the table, Merlin was still scooping. Morgana smirked at Arthur, so Arthur stuck his tongue out at her.
“Would you cut that out?” Merlin said.
“You could see that?” Arthur replied.
“I have eyes, don’t I?”
Arthur sighed and went back to watching Gwen. She was making progress on the eyes. It looked like this would be the scary one when she finished. He’d picked a cute design and a scary one.
Before too long, Arthur got up and poured himself a mug of cider then got one for Morgana too. He placed it beside her and she murmured “thanks.” He took a minute and glanced at Merlin’s emerging jack o’ lantern. It looked like he’d picked a cute design for this one. By the time Arthur made it back to Gwen, she was carving the mouth.
“That’s quite frightening,” he commented.
“I know.” She gave him a wicked grin. “You picked a good one.”
When she finished, she wiped the jack o’ lantern down with a clean cloth and turned it to face Arthur. “Ooh,” he said.
“Thank you.” She turned it to face Merlin and Morgana.
“Yikes,” Merlin said.
“Gwen, you’re a true artist,” Morgana said.